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What do more than twenty years of business management experience and murder mysteries have in common? Linda Mickey.Mickey worked her way up from bank teller to Chicago region project manager for a Fortune 500 staffing company. During her more than fifteen years in the corporate business environment she augmented her formal education with plenty of practical experience. Now employed by an accounting firm, she regularly sees the importance of small business following sound business practices.As a speaker and workshop facilitator, Linda Mickey is frequently asked how to manage a writing business. Questions about publishing industry-related topics came up so often that she decided to compile what she knew about business and what she had learned about the publishing industry into Dollars and Sense for Writers.

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What do more than twenty years of business management experience and murder mysteries have in common? Linda Mickey.Mickey worked her way up from bank teller to Chicago region project manager for a Fortune 500 staffing company. During her more than fifteen years in the corporate business environment she augmented her formal education with plenty of practical experience. Now employed by an accounting firm, she regularly sees the importance of small business following sound business practices.As a speaker and workshop facilitator, Linda Mickey is frequently asked how to manage a writing business. Questions about publishing industry-related topics came up so often that she decided to compile what she knew about business and what she had learned about the publishing industry into Dollars and Sense for Writers.

First Chapter

What do more than twenty years of business management experience and murder mysteries have in common? Linda Mickey.Mickey worked her way up from bank teller to Chicago region project manager for a Fortune 500 staffing company. During her more than fifteen years in the corporate business environment she augmented her formal education with plenty of practical experience. Now employed by an accounting firm, she regularly sees the importance of small business following sound business practices.As a speaker and workshop facilitator, Linda Mickey is frequently asked how to manage a writing business. Questions about publishing industry-related topics came up so often that she decided to compile what she knew about business and what she had learned about the publishing industry into Dollars and Sense for Writers.

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What do more than twenty years of business management experience and murder mysteries have in common? Linda Mickey.Mickey worked her way up from bank teller to Chicago region project manager for a Fortune 500 staffing company. During her more than fifteen years in the corporate business environment she augmented her formal education with plenty of practical experience. Now employed by an accounting firm, she regularly sees the importance of small business following sound business practices.As a speaker and workshop facilitator, Linda Mickey is frequently asked how to manage a writing business. Questions about publishing industry-related topics came up so often that she decided to compile what she knew about business and what she had learned about the publishing industry into Dollars and Sense for Writers.

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What do more than twenty years of business management experience and murder mysteries have in common? Linda Mickey.Mickey worked her way up from bank teller to Chicago region project manager for a Fortune 500 staffing company. During her more than fifteen years in the corporate business environment she augmented her formal education with plenty of practical experience. Now employed by an accounting firm, she regularly sees the importance of small business following sound business practices.As a speaker and workshop facilitator, Linda Mickey is frequently asked how to manage a writing business. Questions about publishing industry-related topics came up so often that she decided to compile what she knew about business and what she had learned about the publishing industry into Dollars and Sense for Writers.

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What do more than twenty years of business management experience and murder mysteries have in common? Linda Mickey.Mickey worked her way up from bank teller to Chicago region project manager for a Fortune 500 staffing company. During her more than fifteen years in the corporate business environment she augmented her formal education with plenty of practical experience. Now employed by an accounting firm, she regularly sees the importance of small business following sound business practices.As a speaker and workshop facilitator, Linda Mickey is frequently asked how to manage a writing business. Questions about publishing industry-related topics came up so often that she decided to compile what she knew about business and what she had learned about the publishing industry into Dollars and Sense for Writers.

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What do more than twenty years of business management experience and murder mysteries have in common? Linda Mickey.Mickey worked her way up from bank teller to Chicago region project manager for a Fortune 500 staffing company. During her more than fifteen years in the corporate business environment she augmented her formal education with plenty of practical experience. Now employed by an accounting firm, she regularly sees the importance of small business following sound business practices.As a speaker and workshop facilitator, Linda Mickey is frequently asked how to manage a writing business. Questions about publishing industry-related topics came up so often that she decided to compile what she knew about business and what she had learned about the publishing industry into Dollars and Sense for Writers.